What Happened In January 1925 In History

Historical Events for January, 1925

• 3rd » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• 5th » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 21st » Albania declares itself a republic.
• 30th » The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople named Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1925

• 1st » Matthew Beard (American actor) named Matthew Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1st » Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat (d. 2005)
• 1st » Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
• 2nd » William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Larry Harmon, American clown (d. 2008)
• 3rd » Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009)
• 4th » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (d. 2003)
• 6th » John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)
• 7th » Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist, and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)
• 8th » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (d. 1942)
• 8th » Mohan Rakesh, Indian author (d. 1972)
• 9th » Pierre Jalbert, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
• 9th » Len Quested, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 9th » Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
• 10th » Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (d. 2013)
• 10th » Günther Knödler, German fencer
• 11th » Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
• 12th » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)
• 12th » Katherine MacGregor, American actress
• 12th » Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
• 12th » Gabriel Vanel, French archbishop (d. 2013)
• 13th » Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2012)
• 13th » Rosemary Murphy, German-American actress (d. 2014)
• 13th » Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and designer
• 13th » Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 14th » Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
• 14th » Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 14th » Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (d. 2000)
• 15th » Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 16th » Peter Hirsch, English metallurgist
• 16th » James Robinson Risner, American general (d. 2013)
• 16th » Harold Switzer, American child actor and child singer (d. 1967)
• 17th » Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000)
• 17th » Abdul Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1996)
• 17th » Edgar Ray Killen, American Ku Klux Klan organizer
• 17th » Patricia Owens (actress) named Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (d. 2000)
• 19th » Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
• 20th » Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician
• 21st » Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010)
• 21st » Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 24th » Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2013)
• 25th » Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)
• 26th » David Jenkins (bishop) known as David Jenkins, English bishop
• 26th » Joan Leslie, American actress and singer
• 26th » Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 26th » Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist (d. 2004)
• 28th » Scotty Bloch, American actress
• 28th » Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist (d. 2004)
• 29th » Harold C. Agerholm, American marine, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
• 29th » Tofiq Bahramov, Azerbaijani footballer (d. 1993)
• 29th » Raúl Corrales, Cuban photographer (d. 2006)
• 29th » Robert W. McCollum, American virologist and epidemiologist (d. 2010)
• 30th » Fred Catherwood, Irish accountant and politician
• 30th » Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the Mouse (computing) known as computer mouse (d. 2013)
• 30th » Dorothy Malone, American actress
• 31st » August Englas, Estonian wrestler
• 31st » Benjamin Hooks, American minister, lawyer, and activist (d. 2010)

Famous Deaths for January 1925

• 8th » Fernand Sanz, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 19th » Maria Sophie of Bavaria (b. 1841)
• 25th » Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)

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